Carolyn: Breakin' It Down

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So this week was fun. On Monday I took a three hour workshop with the Jabbawockeez! If you don't know who they are you definitely should. They were the winners of the first season of America's Best Dance Crew on MTV. They're known for wearing masks and gloves and they're just amazing dancers and performers in general. It was such a great experience. The class was packed so it made it a little harder to learn the choreography but the guys were good about letting us switch lines and stuff. It was so surreal being taught hip hop from people I watched on TV. They taught us three short dances.

The first dance focused mainly on "toprock" which is an element of breaking. The second dance was actually a hip hop dance to the live version of the Jason Mraz song "Wordplay." It's a pretty mellow song so I was surprised but the dance ended up being very cool but pretty difficult to learn. The last dance we learned was to "Intergalactic" by the Beastie Boys. Luckily, I have that song on my iPod so I practice it all the time. The dance is based around the classic "robot" but an updated and stylized version. It's so fun to do. I've probably showed that dance to my roommate upwards of a hundred times. I went with my friend Chelsea and she got me a Jabbawockeez t-shirt as an early birthday present (which is April 11 btw). I'm wearing it as I type this actually.

The rest of the week was much less interesting just getting some work done and preparing for the next two weeks which are going to be full of exams and essays. But they'll be my last ones until finals, which is weird to think about.

It's sad that my freshman year is almost over but exciting at the same time. Well on that note, I'm going to go get ready for bed. Have a great week!